Transportation Manager jobs in Palmdale, CA

Overview

Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has a Transportation Manager role available in City of Industry, CA! Join a strong and continuously evolving group, helping to continue to grow our business. If you’re eager for your next opportunity, Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step.

The Transportation Manager supervises daily transportation activities and personnel to ensure functions are performed according to our standards and guidelines.

You will work from Monday - Friday from 8 am to 8 pm with the ability to be flexible on work hours/shifts.

Salary: $80,000 - 90,000/yr.

Imperial Dade is the leading independently owned and operated distributor of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies in North America. As a provider of customized supply chain solutions, we serve customers in many business-to-business market segments including restaurants, grocery stores, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cruise lines. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New Jersey, Imperial Dade serves as a mission-critical partner to more than 90,000 customers through our footprint of 125 branches.

**All correspondence will come directly from Imperial Dade and not a personal email address.**

Responsibilities

You will:

• Manage all aspects of payroll Timecards
• Update Drivers schedules in ADP
• Creates and maintain driver Qualification files
• Collect drivers lunch logs and enter times in payroll
• Ensure compliance with the Department of Transportation, California Highway Patrol, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Enter Injury Reports in KPA

• Manages Department of Transportation and California Highway Patrol audits

• Interview potential candidates
• Ensure safety compliance and drive safety excellence
• Drive employee performance – maintain average stop time
• Adhere and enforce company policies

• The position requires strong attention to detail and process skills

• Manager yearly performance reviews

• Establish delivery routes which are cost effective and compliant with Federal DOT guidelines, while still maintaining an acceptable level of customer service, quality, and satisfaction.
• Utilize Roadnet application to ensure delivery costs are held to company expected run rates year over year.
• Establish routing procedures and schedules which allow for the optimum use of personnel and equipment while keeping a strong emphasis on driver safety.
• Perform Roadnet application routing maintenance daily to ensure all locations have accurate, timely, and up-to-date information. Standard Routes and Customer Delivery Requirements: Geo-Coding, delivery days, time windows, service time types, service time overrides, account types, meal beaks Route start times, pre/post trips, starting/ending depot, travel modes, color for mapping, assigned driver, equipment and DOT road checks
• Plan maintenance of equipment with regards to costing, restrictions and capacities Perform and provide costing, off-days, maintenance, scorecard, customer and KPI reporting on scheduled intervals.
• Perform recap of previous days actual routing results; make necessary changes/adjustments to the standard routes, if necessary.
• Cultivate strong relationships with the drivers and customers to reduce the stress that comes with last minute changes, such as scheduling
• Strong knowledge in a team environment
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

You have:

• CDL License is required 
• Required Qualifications: High School diploma/GED or equivalent experience
• Driver qualification file compliance
• 2 to 3 years of distribution, logistics, transportation, or related work experience
• Basic computer skills and MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook); knowledge of RoadNet routing software a plus
• Strong attention to detail with demonstrated organizational and process skills
• Preferred Qualifications:  Associates/2-year technical degree

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, a shared ownership program, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. We are excited to invite talented individuals with a passion for excellence to join our team.

Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.